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Hi,
Just watched Nick Baker's "Wierd Creatures" (animal planet) episode on the platypus and was surprised to see Nick in Eungella Range, my hometown
Anyway, this is the mainstay range for P.crassipes, Phlogius sp. SARINA, Phlogius sp. EUNICE, with the occasional Selenotypus sp. NEBO found on the western regions of the range. The northern parts of the range house P.vulpina, a species soon to be resurrected by Dr Raven, and further north, in a broken off section of the range (region unspecified till described) can be found Stent's Birdspider, a spectacular Phlogius sp. that is a lot chunkier than the rest of the group.
This area is the lower region of the Wet Tropics area of Qld, Australia and full of mygalomorph diversity.
Just some info for the Phlogius keepers out there who may want to know more of the local habitat of the various species now in the hobby
Cheers,
Steve
N.B. Selenocosmia subvulpina was placed by Schmidt into the Phlogius, which was absurd IMO as this species would probably belong to the Selenotypus, so, that species is most likely not part of the group in any way, even if it could be correctly identified (which is impossible anyway, seeing the type is lost and the O/description is beyond terrible, STRAND 1907).
Just watched Nick Baker's "Wierd Creatures" (animal planet) episode on the platypus and was surprised to see Nick in Eungella Range, my hometown
Anyway, this is the mainstay range for P.crassipes, Phlogius sp. SARINA, Phlogius sp. EUNICE, with the occasional Selenotypus sp. NEBO found on the western regions of the range. The northern parts of the range house P.vulpina, a species soon to be resurrected by Dr Raven, and further north, in a broken off section of the range (region unspecified till described) can be found Stent's Birdspider, a spectacular Phlogius sp. that is a lot chunkier than the rest of the group.
This area is the lower region of the Wet Tropics area of Qld, Australia and full of mygalomorph diversity.
Just some info for the Phlogius keepers out there who may want to know more of the local habitat of the various species now in the hobby
Cheers,
Steve
N.B. Selenocosmia subvulpina was placed by Schmidt into the Phlogius, which was absurd IMO as this species would probably belong to the Selenotypus, so, that species is most likely not part of the group in any way, even if it could be correctly identified (which is impossible anyway, seeing the type is lost and the O/description is beyond terrible, STRAND 1907).
